Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton had
put in a busy day. They had inspected the horrid concentration camp at
Ohrdruf, visited the salt mine with its hoard of gold and art, traveled
several hundred miles by plane and jeep. When they returned to General
Patton's headquarters they were tiredand a little sick from the
things they had seen at Ohrdruf. They dined, then sat in a big,
sparsely furnished room, talking against the steady roar of supply
trucks passing outside. Around midnight they went...